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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 65 

Condemning the Government of North Korea for its flagrant and repeated 

violations of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions, for 

its repeated provocations that threaten international peace and stability, 

and for its February 12, 2013, test of a nuclear device. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 13, 2013 

Mr. ROYCE (for himself and Mr. ENGEL) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning the Government of North Korea for its flagrant 

and repeated violations of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions, for its repeated provocations 

that threaten international peace and stability, and for 

its February 12, 2013, test of a nuclear device. 

Whereas, on February 12, 2013, North Korea exploded a nuclear device; 

Whereas reports indicate that the nuclear test was apparently 

more powerful than North Korea’s previous tests in 2006 

and 2009; 

Whereas North Korea’s nuclear test, and its recent ballistic 

missile test, are violations of United Nations Security 


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Council Resolution 1695 (2006), Resolution 1718 (2006), 

Resolution 1874 (2009), and Resolution 2087 (2013); 

Whereas North Korea’s ballistic missile program poses a 

threat to United States allies and interests in the Asia 

Pacific region; 

Whereas North Korea’s ballistic missile program has demonstrated an increasing ability to reach the United 

States, and could constitute a grave threat to the security 

of the American people; 

Whereas North Korea has violated the July 10, 1953, Armistice Agreement that ended the Korean War, and has 

since committed unprovoked acts of war against South 

Korea by sinking the warship Cheonan, killing 46 of her 

crew, and by attacking civilian targets on the island of 

Yeongpyeong, killing four residents, among many other 

willful violations and outrages; 

Whereas the Government of North Korea has been implicated 

repeatedly in the illicit laundering of monetary instruments, in international narcotics trafficking, and in the 

counterfeiting of United States currency and intellectual 

property; 

Whereas North Korea has demonstrated a willingness and 

ability to proliferate its ballistic and nuclear technology 

to a variety of countries, including Iran and Syria, both 

United States designated state sponsors of terrorism; 

Whereas the Government of North Korea commits gross 

human rights violations against the North Korean people, 

including maintaining a system of gulags that imprison 

thousands of citizens, and policies that have resulted in 

starvation deaths of over 2,000,000 people; and 


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Whereas the Government of North Korea has repeatedly violated its commitments to the complete, verifiable, and irreversible dismantlement of its nuclear weapons program, 

including the Agreed Framework of 1994, the Joint 

Statement of September 19, 2005, and the agreement of 

February 13, 2007: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) condemns the Government of North Korea 

3 for its flagrant and repeated violations of multiple 

4 United Nations Security Council resolutions, for its 

5 repeated provocations that threaten international 

6 peace and stability, and for its February 12, 2013, 

7 test of a nuclear device; 

8 (2) expresses solidarity with the people of 

9 North Korea who suffer severe oppression, denial of 

10 basic human rights and political liberties, and mate11 rial deprivation; 

12 (3) reaffirms the commitment of the United 

13 States to its alliances with Japan and South Korea, 

14 which are critical for the preservation of peace and 

15 stability in Northeast Asia and throughout the re16 gion; 

17 (4) calls upon the People’s Republic of China, 

18 North Korea’s closest ally and trading partner, to 

19 pressure North Korean leaders to curtail their pro20 vocative behavior, abandon and dismantle their nu21 clear and missile programs through the curtailing of 


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1 vital economic support and trade to North Korea 

2 that support the Government of North Korea, and 

3 comply with all relevant international agreements 

4 and United Nations Security Council and Inter5 national Atomic Energy Agency resolutions; 

6 (5) calls on the People’s Republic of China to 

7 take immediate actions to prevent the transshipment 

8 of illicit technology, military equipment, and dual9 use items through its territory, waters, and airspace 

10 that could be used in North Korea’s nuclear weap11 ons and ballistic missile programs; and 

12 (6) calls on the United States Government— 

13 (A) to apply all available sanctions on 

14 North Korea, cooperate with United States al15 lies and other countries to impose additional 

16 sanctions on North Korea, and secure a new 

17 United Nations Security Council resolution im18 posing stronger sanctions; 

19 (B) to utilize aggressively the range of 

20 available legal authorities and resources to de21 fend United States interests against North Ko22 rean illicit activities; and 


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1 (C) to support the President’s commitment 

2 to strengthen the United States ballistic missile 

3 defense system to protect the United States. 

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